Wu Hen Eliminates Three Evils

The medicine warehouse was at the foot of the mountain, in a shaded spot.

Wu Hen had specifically instructed the female Order Maintenance Personnel member to guard the Medicine Warehouse. Two armed units were already stationed there on alert.

But the entire campus was still in chaos. Things had become even harder for the Order Maintenance Personnel to manage, especially after they learned that monsters were hiding among the students.

Wu Hen headed to the gymnasium.

The most urgent task was to find the Insect-Eyed Half-Humans hiding on campus.

At a time like this, there was one person he had to find.

"Yang Qin!"

After entering the gymnasium, Wu Hen quickly spotted Yang Qin.

When Yang Qin saw Wu Hen, she was so overcome with emotion that tears welled in her eyes.

Just moments ago, a white Insect-Eyed Half-Human had attacked the Order Maintenance Personnel near the gymnasium. They had suffered heavy casualties, and no one knew how many bullets it had taken to kill the creature.

"I know you really want to cry, but hold it in for now. Did you get the list?" Wu Hen asked.

"Mm, mm. Three people woke up before me..."

"Only three?" Wu Hen sounded a little disappointed.

Only three bowls of rice—would that be enough to satisfy Xiao Yi's appetite?

"The people who woke up were Director Tang, who's in charge of the cafeteria; Zhou Linghong, a student who works the serving line; and Auntie Miao, who works as a cleaner... They're all in the cafeteria right now," Yang Qin said.

"Really?" Wu Hen raised an eyebrow.

They were all in the cafeteria. Could that mean the Insect-Eyed Half-Humans had some other way to make the larvae take over their hosts faster?

And why were they targeting the people who worked in the cafeteria? Were they planning to poison the food?

Just thinking about how thousands of people might not survive this brutal weather if the food across the enormous campus was contaminated made it clear: these Insect-Eyed parasites had come into humanity's home for one purpose—to wipe out humanity!

"Go keep watch at the Medicine Warehouse. If anything seems off, let me know right away. I'll deal with the three idiots in the cafeteria," Wu Hen said.

His younger sister Yu Yu immediately shook her head at the thought of being separated from her brother. She insisted on going with him.

Wu Hen noticed that Yu Yu had brought along her pink Compound Bow this time. Remembering the precise, stylish arrow she had shot through an enemy's skull, he nodded.

That worked, too. You're Jialuo, I'm Braum—we can take on three of them together!

"Here's the plan: we'll split into pairs. Yang Qin, Yang Rui, go wait at the Medicine Warehouse. If you notice anything unusual, tell us immediately," Wu Hen said.

Yang Qin looked reluctant. She wanted to stick with her big brother, too.

But Yu Yu was the one who had the rightful claim. Yang Qin had no grounds to complain.

After splitting up, Wu Hen quickly made his way to the cafeteria.

Most of the people gathered there were teachers and campus staff. With the disaster and the harsh conditions, the cafeteria was a vital location. Its safe operation had to be ensured.

Yet the cafeteria was terrifyingly quiet. Wu Hen was sure there were people inside, but he couldn't make out what they were doing.

"Second floor." Yu Yu signaled to him.

"You've got a dog's nose." Wu Hen affectionately scratched her delicate little chin. The next second, he grumbled, "Anyone who bites isn't a good girl."

Night had fallen completely.

The cafeteria's second floor was even darker. Only the solar-powered night lights provided a faint source of illumination in the dining hall.

The smell of various foods hung in the air. Wu Hen looked toward the kitchen at the back of the second floor and saw a hefty man in a greasy chef's uniform stir-frying something delicious over a roaring flame...

As flames leaped from the stove, their light fell across his face, which was covered in rolls of fat. What made the scene truly horrifying was that the skin on his face was peeling off like a bug and dropping into the wok where he was cooking!

Nearby, an older woman was pinning down a live chicken and cutting its throat, letting its blood run across the chopping board. Even more absurdly, she was wiping sweat from her forehead with her hand—while both her hands were clearly busy!

At the serving counter, a girl in a kitchen apron was spooning food onto a tray, one scoop at a time. But as soon as she'd filled a whole tray, she opened a mouth wider than her head and swallowed both the food and the tray whole. The tray's shape was visible as it passed through her throat and esophagus, but once it reached her stomach, it seemed to be digested immediately. Her belly didn't bulge at all!

It was a truly deranged sight.

Fortunately, the three of them shared one thing in common: white larvae were writhing in their eye sockets. Even though they had become parasitic monsters, they still retained a sliver of their human habits.

"Brother, after you collapsed, I looked up some information. There was a food contamination incident before that made a lot of people sick. Afterward, the authorities required all ingredients to go through a washing step, and a common Chinese herb was added to the wash water..." Yu Yu told Wu Hen.

Her words immediately brought class advisor Old Wang to mind. He'd been a victim of that food safety incident.

"You mean their real reason for destroying the Medicine Warehouse was to get rid of the herb added to the ingredients?" Wu Hen asked.

"Mm. I suspect the herb kills the larvae lurking inside people and stops their parasitic army from spreading," Yu Yu said.

"That makes sense. Impressive, my little Yu Yu. Your big brother loves you so much!" Wu Hen said, then promptly planted a kiss on his younger sister's cheek.

Yu Yu angrily wiped off someone's nasty saliva and glared at Wu Hen. Why wasn't he saying, "I feel the same way," this time?

"We have to cut these three down. Food safety comes first—we can't let the kids eat contaminated food again!" Wu Hen strode toward the kitchen. No striped pants or white shirt for him today; he was wearing the jacket of justice!

Seeing Wu Hen move in, Yu Yu immediately found a spot where she could hide while still having an excellent view.

She took a deep breath and clearly caught the stench of decay coming from the three people's nostrils. They might still be working hard, but their bodies were probably already crawling with maggots. They weren't human anymore!

"White, white, white..."

None of them had evolved into silver. That meant they weren't as strong as her rotten old classmate Zhou Guang.

Xiao Yi waited at Wu Hen's right hand like a fledgling eagle hoping to be fed, eagerly poking out its phantom head. The silver Insect-Eyed Half-Human it had eaten earlier had been pretty satisfying. Now there were three more high-protein meals—what could be better?

After getting such a major boost, Xiao Yi could transform into a weapon even faster, and the material was clearly different from before.

Shield in his right hand, sting in his left, Wu Hen no longer needed to keep his distance from these white Insect-Eyed Half-Humans. He charged straight in to fight them hand-to-hand.

And he was taking on all three at once!

His reaction speed, coordination, and muscle strength had all reached about three times that of an ordinary person. He was nothing like the weakling who used to flee at the first sign of some strange creature.

White Obsidian Cold Sting crackled with lightning. When Wu Hen drove the blade into the chef's chest, the electrical force rapidly spread through the creature's body, killing all the fungal bugs controlling its muscles!

When the fungal bugs inside an Insect-Eyed Half-Human died too quickly, they couldn't form an effective defense. The body would often stiffen and freeze in place.

"Whoosh!"

At that moment, a metal arrow flew from the other end of the cafeteria, grazing Wu Hen's scalp before embedding itself in the Insect-Eyed Half-Human's eye socket!

"Whoosh!!"

A second arrow followed close behind. Having learned from experience, the young Jialuo knew that the white larva would dodge into the other eye socket, so she had to hit both targets!

"Squish, squish~"

Insect-Eyed Half-Humans didn't actually have bones. Both white larvae were pierced through the back of the head, and the phantom that emerged from Wu Hen's right hand gobbled them up!

Those three white Insect-Eyed Half-Humans hadn't put much pressure on Wu Hen.

With perfect teamwork between him and the archer, the siblings had also easily taken down the parasitized auntie and the student worker.

And Gluttonous Dragon on Wu Hen's right hand had devoured one huge chunk of fat after another. Once it had finished, it even licked its lips.

"Slurp~"

Delicious!

Xiao Yi was in high spirits after three full bowls.

It even had a bold idea: let the entire city be infested by the Insect-Eyed creatures, then bring down a single sword strike. A screen full of high-protein meals would both eliminate the threat for good and make for a gluttonous feast!

Hmm, its plans were too small. It could actually wait until all of humanity had been...

Wu Hen and Xiao Yi had already learned to coexist. When Wu Hen caught on to Xiao Yi's outrageous idea, he gave it a stern reprimand!

If they waited until all of humanity was parasitized before acting, the grass would already be two meters high on his and his family's graves.

It was like asking the immune system, "Why do I have a high fever?"

The immune system: "You have a virus in your body. High temperatures can kill it."

Me: "But I could die from the fever, too."

The immune system: "I admit there's a gamble involved, but today, you and the virus—one of you has to die!"

"Mm, my strength has visibly improved. If I ran into Fengyun Youcun again, I think I could put up a fight." Wu Hen was very pleased with his current condition.

Fengyun Youcun could turn invisible, move in flashes, and had powerful hearing. She was definitely stronger than Midnight Mass and the white Insect-Eyed Half-Humans.

As for Meiqing Muxiu, who could create the Head-Severing Demon, she was probably on the same level as the Pupil Worm Mother Tree.

Honestly, if his Foster Father hadn't descended, there was no way he could have killed her.

He'd take it one step at a time. He still had plenty of room to grow. One day, he'd be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with Zai Wu without having to call on the Holy Father...

"Brother, since my sense of smell awakened, my archery has gotten better, too." Yu Yu hurried over and came right up to Wu Hen, waiting for him to praise her.

"I had them pinned in place. How could you miss a stationary target? And those arrows that grazed my scalp—I think you were settling a personal score!" Wu Hen said, giving Yu Yu no chance to get proud as he pinched her little nose.

Yu Yu was unhappy...

"By the way, you won't suffer any aftereffects from shooting people this time?" Wu Hen asked, a little surprised.

His younger sister had such a strong mind. She'd shot through someone's head without retching. Could it be that some strange gene inside her had awakened?

"I can smell that their bodies are completely infested with bugs... They're not human anymore," Yu Yu explained.

Knowing their bodies were full of decaying worms made Yu Yu feel less burdened. She even felt a compassionate urge, like a bodhisattva delivering them from suffering.

Suddenly, Yu Yu's little nose twitched. An intensely pungent odor was seeping from a door deeper in the kitchen, making her pinch her nose.

"Brother, it's really, really stinky in there." Yu Yu pointed toward the ingredient storage room deep in the kitchen.